Besides this name, there are many other names of rouge root. Rouge root has a wide range of medicinal value in ordinary times. First of all, it contains a lot of organic acids and a lot of starch, which can ensure health and is conducive to absorption. The method of use is also very simple. So what is the medicinal value of rouge root? What are the efficacy and function of rouge root?
The root synonyms of Mirabilis jalapa are: ground mouse, pollen head (Lingnan medicine collection record), water powder head (Tianbao materia medica revised and supplemented), powder head and rouge head (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records), which are the tuberous roots of Mirabilis jalapa.
Purple jasmine (caohuapu), also known as rouge flower (caohuapu), powder group flower (Shengjing Tongzhi), wild jasmine, pink bean flower (the name and reality of plants) and clove, pink child, Weishi flower, rouge water powder, water powder flower, Catharanthus roseus.
The root of Mirabilis jalapa contains amino acids, organic acids and a large amount of starch. Purple jasmine contains many kinds of yellow pigment such as beet flavin.
Collecting methods: root tubers were dug in autumn and winter, and the sediment was washed and dried in the sun.
Character identification:
It is very long, conical or cylindrical, some compressed, some with branching roots, 5-10cm in length and 1.5-5cm in diameter. The surface is grayish yellow with longitudinal wrinkles and fibrous root marks. There are stem base marks on the top. The material is hard, not easy to break, the section is not uniform, and ring lines can be seen. After cooking, the section is horny. It is odorless, tasteless, and has a tingling sensation.
Microscopic identification:
Cross section of root: the cells of cork layer are dozens of rows, dark brown, or the cork layer has been removed. The cortex is narrow. The abnormal vascular bundles are arranged in rings intermittently. Vascular bundle is tough, xylem vessel is round polygonal. The parenchyma cells of this product contain a lot of calcium oxalate needle crystal bundles and gelatinized starch granules. (Fig. 3) powder characteristics: light white. ① There are many needle crystals of calcium oxalate, which are 50-150 mu; m in length. ② The diameter of reticulated vessels is 15-130 & mu; M. the pits of reticulated vessels are long and narrow, and the walls are lignified. ③ There are many starch grains, which are irregular round and massive. Cloud shape, different sizes, irregular edges.
The root of pharmacological action contains resin, which is irritant to skin and mucous membrane. Flowers in the evening spit out a strong aroma, can be anesthetized and repellent mosquitoes.
The water extract of Mirabilis multiflora has antitumor effect in preliminary animal screening test.